A delegation of local officials will be traveling to Austin, Texas in February to gather some new ideas and best practices that might be applied to Charlottesville-Albemarle.

"The trip is the brainchild of local travel agent George Benford and other community leaders, who bill it as an opportunity for officials to learn from Austin’s successes in the music and festival scene and technology sector and in its relationships with institutions of higher education." [read story in The Daily Progress]